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Originally Posted by dammage79
Flames made a lot of picks last year.
I'd put Parekh on the top of the list as a person scouts wouldn't exactly love with his manner and demeanor. IMO, Parekh with his stat line should have gone top 5 in that draft, so in my.mind he fell into Calgary's lap.
After that, no idea. Rather disingenuous to immediately assume the only Russian they drafted was the character issue for other teams.
Could be a reason why the likes of Basha or Mews or Misa fell the way they did. Who knows.
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Originally Posted by CF84
Maybe a guy like Basha only nailed his Flames interview because they were the only team he wanted to play for as a Flames fan. Of course other teams would view an unenthusiastic interview as a red flag. I hope he walked into the Oilers interview and just said "nope" and then left.
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Can't speak for the others we drafted, but my wife taught Basha in high school. Kid is one of the nicest, most humble kids you could meet and always takes responsibility and owns up to his mistakes. Don't know why he fell out of the first round but character most certainly isn't the reason. I doubt he would've tanked an interview either - that doesn't sound like him from everything I've heard about how great a kid he is.